spår
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    
Swedish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /spoːr/
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Etymology 1
    
From Old Norse spor, from Proto-Germanic *spurą.
Noun
    
spår n
- a trail or trace; a mark left by something that has passed along or happened, also figuratively
- Rävspåret var lätt att följa över snön- It was easy to follow the fox trail over the snow
 
- Kyrkan bär ännu spår av bombningarna- The church still bears traces of the bombings
 
- Hundarna har fått upp ett spår- The dogs have picked up a scent (literally "have gotten a trace up," possibly also about other things that allow tracing)
 
- Vi har fått upp ett spår efter inbrottstjuvarna- We have a lead on the burglars
 
- Det fanns ännu spår efter mössen: ett bo i madrassen och avföring här och där.- There were still traces after the mice: a nest in the mattress and droppings here and there.
 
- Sjukdomen hade lämnat sina spår; han återfick aldrig sina forna krafter.- The illness left its mark on him; he never regained his strength.
 
 
- a pawprint or footprint; a mark or impression left by the foot
- Det var en stor varg; spåret mätte 12 cm.- It was a big wolf; the paw print was 12 cm long.
 
- Spåren slutade vid stranden- The [foot/paw]prints ended at the shore
 
 
- a rail track
- a track; sound stored on a record
Declension
    
| Declension of spår | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | spår | spåret | spår | spåren | 
| Genitive | spårs | spårets | spårs | spårens | 
Synonyms
    
- (rail track): järnvägsspår
- (sound stored): låt
Derived terms
    
See also
    
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
    
- spår in Svensk ordbok.
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